AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisconfigurationSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowContained

Cottage Health System

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Dec 2, 2013

Filed

Dec 11, 2013

To disclose

9 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

2 records

Confidence

66%

Full breach record for Cottage Health System →2 incidents on file

Cottage Health System disclosed that a third-party vendor removed electronic security protections from a server, exposing patient health information including diagnoses and lab results. The incident was discovered on December 2, 2013, when the organization received a voicemail indicating the data was accessible via Google. The server was immediately taken offline, and the organization offered identity theft protection services to affected individuals.

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California clockDiscovered Dec 2, 2013 → Notified Dec 5, 20133d ✓ CA 60-day OK9 days discovery → filing

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 9 days

Dec 2, 2013

Discovered

Dec 11, 2013

Filed

vs. sector median

8 wks faster

This filing is one of 2 records about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Enforcement records (1)

HHS OCR enforcementbd_6a0d30e29c3c87b72019-02-07 · +1884dVerified by operator

Name: Cottage Health System
norm: cottage health system

Name: Cottage Health System
norm: cottage health system
Industry: Healthcarellm

Discovered: Dec 2, 2013
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Dec 5, 2013
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Third party: via third party vendor

During the incident: Removed the server from service
Conducted a review of all computer servers to ensure that reasonable security measures are in place
Requested Google remove the file from its systems
Offering identity theft protection services through ID Experts
Changes made: Reviewing service relationships with third party vendors
Expanding and increasing the frequency of internal and external security checks
Enhancing our change notification system
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 9 days(9 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day OK · 3d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Dec 2, 2013
→ Notified: Dec 5, 2013
3d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day OK

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Dec 2, 2013 → Notified: Dec 5, 2013	3d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day OK

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-43473
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Dec 11, 2013
Raw hash: 99230023d7d54dfdf634a111da07a7ffad7bfab70476e7fdfef75f27737436c6

Linked disclosures

Enforcement records (1)

Reporting entityCottage Health System

Victim entityCottage Health System

Incidentdiscovered Dec 2, 2013

Stated responseRemoved the server from service

ComplianceCA 60-day OK

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov